Climbing in the Alps

Holly Morris explores two areas of the Alps, incorporating several different trekking adventures: the Italian Dolomites, a rock climbers heaven, and the Matterhorn in Switzerland.

Trek Essentials

Where: Italian Domoties and Matterhorn regions of the AlpsBest season: June or September are warm but not too hot months to attempt the climbsBest sights: ‘iron ways’ iron ladder ropes let you attempt breathtaking sheer rock climbsRemember to bring: Professional rock climbing equipment and a guideWatch out for: the steep drop

Holly Morris explores two areas of the Alps, incorporating several different trekking adventures: the Italian Dolomites, a rock climbers heaven, and the Matterhorn in Switzerland.

Holly starts off in the Via Ferratae, Italy’s famous ‘iron ways’, a series of iron ladders and ropes that link some of the most spectacular rock climbing faces in the world. She scrambles across exposed two foot wide ledges with thousand feet drops and climbs up one hundred foot ladders to the higher elevations that even mountain goats cannot reach.

Holly then heads across the Alps to Zermatt, Switzerland to climb the most awesome looking mountain in Europe – the Matterhorn. This is one of Holly’s most personal missions. It requires a great deal of stamina and endurance as she uses every ounce of strength to get to the top.

The Matterhorn seen seen from the Domhütte (Valais) by chil, on Camptocamp.org Derivative work: